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- Supreme Court case has high stakes for employers; Worker suing under ADA to get job despite danger.(Chevron USA vs. Mario Echazabal ; Americans with Disabilities Act)(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether the Americans with Disabilities Act can force employers to place workers in jobs that could harm or even kill them. The justices heard oral arguments in Chevron USA vs. Mario Echazabal las WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme...
- Research articles 2002-03-04
- 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finds for employer in worker's ADA
- A Bloomington, Minn., company would have had to restructure the way it did business to accommodate a marketing services coordinator who could not work with carbonless paper, a majority of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday, finding that working with carbonless paper was an essential function of...
- Research articles 2001-05-08
- Can Applicants Be Rejected Because Workplace Threatens Them?
- The case study answers the question Can an employer deny a worker a job because it is pretty sure that the job will be a serious danger to him? Or does a worker have the right to deliberately and knowingly assume that danger, in essence saying "I know the risks...
- Case studies 2002-05-22
- Managing Workers With Disabilities
- The ADA and many state laws protect the rights of employees and job applicants who are disabled. Well written, carefully followed policies will help you steer clear of ADA violations and claims The Americans with Disabilities Act ADA prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against a qualified...
- White papers 2002-08-26
- Managing Workers With Disabilities 2
- The ADA and many state laws protect the rights of employees and job applicants who are disabled. Well written, carefully followed policies will help you steer clear of ADA violations and claims The Americans with Disabilities Act ADA prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against a qualified...
- White papers 2002-08-26
- The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and Injured Workers
- The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA is civil rights legislation that extends to persons with disabilities the same protection against discrimination that has been in place for other persons on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, and age. The ADA covers all aspects of participation...
- White papers 2001-09-01
- Summary of the EEOC's Guidance on the Application of the ADA to Contingent Workers
- The EEOC issued new enforcement guidance on December 27, 2000, to further explain the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA to contingent workers. Contingent workers are broadly defined as workers who are placed in positions by staffing firms, which include agencies such as temporary employment agencies...
- White papers 2003-06-18
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- The ADA meets the seniority system in the Supreme Court. (Labor Law for Supervisors).(Americans with Disabilities Act)
- In this term of the United States Supreme Court, two employment policies met head-on and scattered the justices into several different camps. The case was US Airways v. Barnett, 122 S. Ct. 1516 (April 29, 2002). The question was: How does the...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- Firing and the Law
- As workers become more knowledgeable about their rights, the number of wrongful-termination lawsuits is on the rise. Here's how you can avoid legal trouble when firing an employee. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Also known as: Title VII...
- Articles 2007-03-20
- The at-risk worker and the ADA. (Labor Law for Supervisors).
- The Americans with Disabilities Act ADA prohibits employers from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities based on their disabilities. The ban covers discrimination in hiring and other types of workplace advancement. One type of unlawful discrimination can be the use of qualification standards that may serve...
- Research articles 2002-11-01
- 8th circuit overturns district court in 'Regarded As' disabilities suit.(Case Law)(Knutson v. Ag Processing, Jan. 12, 2005 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Nos. 03-3176/3272)(Brief Article)
- Knutson v. Ag Processing, Jan. 12, 2005 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Nos. 03-3176/3272 An appeals court has reversed an Americans with Disabilities Act decision and directed the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa to decide in favor of the...
- Research articles 2005-02-01
- Dealing with Drug and Alcohol Abuse in the Workplace
- Drug and alcohol abuse is a serious workplace issue. Of the 16.7 million illicit drug users aged 18 or older, 12.4 million (74.3%) were employed either full or part time, according to the U.S. government. More than one in three (38%) workers between the ages of 18 and 25 are...
- Articles 2007-03-27
- Former Hampton, Va.-Area Air Force Base Worker Pursues Discrimination Suit.
- By R.W. Rogers, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18--A former Langley Air Force Base employee who sued the Air Force under the Americans with Disabilities Act has won and plans to seek millions of dollars in damages. ...
- Research articles 2001-05-18
- Regulation Watch
- Employer groups are expressing concern about new federal regulations under the Americans With Disabilities Act proposed last month by the Department of Justice. The rules implement guidelines enacted three years ago to update the disabilities act, which passed in 1990. They are meant to address ambiguities in the original law...
- Research articles 2008-07-07
- Sued to death/ Chevron case before the Supreme Court highlights the
- Suppose you owned a business and were forced by law to employ a particular worker. Suppose that this worker had a chronic disease and that his job would exacerbate his illness and possibly kill him. If you, as his employer, might have been been able to prevent his death, his...
- Research articles 2001-11-05
- Silence Is Golden: telling co-workers about a reasonable accommodation
- The Americans with Disabilities Act ADA requires you to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled employees so that they can perform the essential functions of their jobs. The article says that the Human Resource Department should be prepared to handle co-worker inquiries after a reasonable accommodation is provided to another employee....
- White papers 2000-10-13
- ADA case may have significant ergo implications.
- The recent Supreme Court arguments concerning the definition of disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act should come as no surprise to those familiar with the numerous battles fought over cumulative trauma disorders. For over 10 years, employees suffering from CTDs have not found...
- Research articles 2001-12-01
- Airline to pay after failing to accommodate back injury.(Federal)
- Delta Airlines has agreed to pay a customer service agent $37,500 and take other steps to resolve charges that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to accommodate the worker's back injury and then terminating her employment. In September, the Washington office...
- Research articles 2003-10-01
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